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Implementation of international
standards & techniques in transition
economies
[email protected]
Chairman, UN/CEFACT Forum Management Group
27 October 2009
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Mandate
“UN Centre for Trade Facilitation
and Electronic Business supports
activities dedicated to improving the
ability of business, trade and
administrative organizations, from
developed, developing and
transitional economies, to exchange
products and relevant services
effectively.”
UN
UN/ECOSOC
UN/ECE
UN/CEFACT
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Mission
UN/CEFACT’s Mission is to develop:
Simple, Transparent & Effective Processes
For Global Business, through the development of:
Trade Facilitation Recommendations &
E-Business Standards
UN/CEFACT has a Global Mandate
Participation in the UN/CEFACT Forum is open to all United
Nations Member states. There are some 300 experts
representing every region in the World
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Trade Facilitation Strategy
• UN/CEFACT takes a holistic approach to the International
Trade Transaction Process
• Identifies ways to identify & eliminate regulatory &
procedural barriers to trade through international best
practices that cut red tape and reduce delays within and
between countries & enhances predictability
• Develops Trade Facilitation Recommendations &
eBusiness Standards
• Develops Capacity Building Programmes on trade
facilitation implementation
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eBusiness Strategy
Based on:
• Cross-sectoral analysis (to promote interoperability & supply
chain synchronicity)
• Business process and information modeling (to capture user
requirements, independent of any specific technology)
• New technologies as they emerge (e.g., eXtensible Markup
language (XML), webServices,…)
• International standards for enabling e-business development
• Disseminating results in an efficient way
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International Trade
Transaction Process
Intermediary
Buyer
BUY
SHIP
PAY
Seller
Authority
The International
Trade
Transaction
The International
Trade Transaction
Process
consists of Process consists of
International
Chains
consist
of integrated
integrated &Supply
coordinated
flows
of information,
goodsand
&
coordinated
payments flows of information, goods & payments
Source: UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model
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International Trade Transaction
Process
BUY
Prepare for
Export
PAY
SHIP
Export
Transport
Prepare for
Import
Import
INVOLVES
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Commercial
Procedures
Transport
Procedures
Establish Contract
Order Goods
Advise On Delivery
Request Payment
Packing
Inspection
Certification
Accreditation
Warehousing
• Establish Transport
Contract
• Collect, Transport
and Deliver Goods
• Provide Waybills,
Goods Receipts
Status reports etc.
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Regulatory Procedures
Financial Procedures
• Obtain Import/Export
Licences etc
• Provide Customs
Declarations
• Provide Cargo
Declaration
• Apply Trade Security
Procedures
• Clear Goods for
Export/Import
• Provide Credit
Rating
• Provide Insurance
• Provide Finance
• Execute Payment
• Issue Statements
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Source: The UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model
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Rec:19
Mode of Transport
Rec:16
UN/Locode
ISO Country
Code
Rec: 17
Payment
Terms
Rec:9
Currency Code
Commodity
Code
Rec: 28
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Means of
Transport
Rec:
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Package Codes
Rec:20 Units of
Measurement
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UN/EDIFACT
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UN/EDIFACT is UN/CEFACT’s global standard for Electronic Data
Exchange, EDI.
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First published in 1988 – invoice message
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Published twice a year – UN/EDIFACT Directories
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Backwards compatibility
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Currently 208 messages available
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193 batch messages
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15 interactive messages
Most widely implemented international EDI standard
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UN/EDIFACT
GS1 eCom adoption 2005 - 2009
140000
120000
100000
80000
EANCOM®
GS1 XML
60000
WEB EDI
40000
20000
0
2005
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Forecast
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Some of the Benefits
UN/EDIFACT (ISO 9735)
• Customs
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(Source: EU-TAXUD):
175 Million Customs Declarations per year
• 480‘000 per day
• 333 per minute
• 5.5 per second
• Fiscal Declarations (Source EDIFICAS, France):
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1987 - 100 companies
2004 - 1 million companies
• 92% of VAT collected using EDIFACT
• 45% of revenues collected by the French Government
• Benefit to the State (Source EDIFICAS, France):
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Euros 100M per year
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eBusiness Standards
Development
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Business Process Models
Business Requirements Specifications-BRS
Requirements Specification Mapping-RSM
Core Component Technical Specifications
Core Component Libraries
Core Component Harmonisation
Naming & Design Rules
Schema Generation
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Trade Data
Element Directory
United Nations Trade Data Elements Directory
International Standards Organisation ISO 7372
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Developed to provide a Directory to facilitate open interchange of data in
international trade
Standard data element names with description of meaning (data value) and a
specification of character representation
Supports and is fully consistent with Recommendation 1 – UN Layout Key for
Trade Documents
Fully consistent with UN/EDIFACT
Multimodal & multisectoral
Technology & syntax independent
ebXML Core Components Technical Specification compliant
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Implementing UN/CEFACT
Standards & Recommendations
Single Window
Note: Single Window
Rec 34 under development
Cross Border Data
Exchange
National Data
Harmonization
Document Simplification and
Standardization
Process Analysis
and Simplification
Recs 33, 35
SWReposit’y
Data Model based on
International Standards
Cooperation with WCO
UNTDED, Core Component
Library, UN LOCODE and code
lists,
UN Layout Key, Master Document,
UNTDED, TF Toolkit and Forms Repository
•Business/Political Process - Collaboration Between Trader and Government
(UN/CEFACT Rec. 4, Rec. 18),
•UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference model,
•Unified Modeling Methodology (UMM), Business Process Analysis Guide
•Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport (GFP) Audit
Methodology
Single Window Definition
UN/CEFACT Recommendation 33
“A facility that allows parties involved in trade and
transport to lodge standardised information and documents
with a single entry point to fulfil all import, export and
transit related regulatory requirements.
If information is electronic, then individual data elements
should only be submitted once.’
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Draft UN CEFACT
Recommendation 34
Draft Recommendation 34
Data Simplification and Standardization for
International Trade
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Recommends
Capturing existing requirements into a national trade data inventory
Defining the individual data elements
Analyzing the need for, and context of the data requirements
Reconciling the national trade data inventory with international standards
TO PRODUCE A SIMPLIFIED, STANDARDIZED NATIONAL DATA SET FOR
THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH A SINGLE WINDOW FACILITY
Status: Final drafting prior to submission to the UN/CEFACT Plenary for approval
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UN/CEFACT
Recommendation 35
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No 35
Establishing a Legal Framework for an International
Single Window
Current Status: Completed and submitted to the 15th
UN/CEFACT Plenary (Geneva 9-14 November 2009)
for approval
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New eInvoice Standard
UN/CEFACT’s new eInvoice Standard
to enhance links between business and
financial supply chains
The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
(UN/CEFACT) has published the Cross Industry Invoice (CII) Version
2.0 standard to enhance links between business and financial supply
chains and enable cross-industry and cross-domain interoperability. This
common global standard is based on a set of business requirements from
different industries and stakeholders in both the private and public
sectors.
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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